Balancing Cancer Recurrence Fears
So I have been blogging about cancer recurrences and then I find a study that talks about how to cope with cancer recurrence fears. Basically what it comes down to is counselling, support and knowledge.Astudy was done in Holland and followed several cancer patients and provided information and support on their cancer and recurrence issues. They compared two groups, one who received access to normal psychosocial support. The other group received blended cognitive therapy consisting of:five individual, 1-hour, face-to-face counseling sessionsthree 15-minute Internet chat consultationsaccess to an informational websiteIt does...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - June 6, 2017 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: cancer recurrence cancer support fear of cancer wellness Source Type: blogs

David Tuller ’ s Fundraiser
If you appreciate the articles written here by David Tuller on ME/CFS, please consider supporting him financially at Crowdrise. David is an investigative reporter with a doctorate in public health from the University of California, Berkeley. Since the fall of 2015, David has waged a determined effort to expose the methodological and ethical problems with the PACE trial for ME/CFS. He started this effort because he came to understand that the PACE treatments, graded exercise therapy and cognitive behavior therapy, were not just useless but could actually cause serious harm. Although patients had spent years documenting ...
Source: virology blog - June 2, 2017 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Tags: Commentary Information Berkeley chronic fatigue syndrome Crowdrise david tuller mecfs myalgic encephalomyelitis PACE trial Source Type: blogs

Trial By Error, Continued: CMRC to Virology Blog: “F**k Off!”
by David Tuller, DrPH Well, not in those words, of course. It was all very polite. But that was the message. Here’s what happened. On Monday, I posted an open letter to the members of the board of the CFS/ME Research Collaborative. The letter involved the false accusation of libel that the CMRC’s deputy chair, Esther Crawley, disseminated against me at a conference of renal experts two weeks ago. Because the accusation involved a blog post I wrote for Virology Blog, the accusation of libel also extended to Dr. Racaniello, who hosts this site. I sent a link to the open letter to Stephen Holgate, the CMRC’s chair, and ...
Source: virology blog - May 10, 2017 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Tags: Commentary Information CFS/ME Research Collaborative chronic fatigue syndrome CMRC libel mecfs myalgic encephalomyelitis PACE trial Source Type: blogs

Trial By Error, Continued: An Open Letter to the Board of the CFS/ME Research Collaborative
by David Tuller, DrPH To Members of the Board of the CMRC: Not long ago, at the annual conference of the British Renal Society, your deputy chair disseminated the false accusation that I had libeled her. As a corollary to that, she also disseminated the false accusation that Dr. Racaniello, the Columbia University microbiologist who hosts Virology Blog, had libeled her by publishing my work. I provided Dr. Crawley with a reasonable opportunity to offer either an explanation, evidence to support her serious charge, or an apology. Dr. Crawley has done none of these things. I interpret that as Dr. Crawley’s admission that t...
Source: virology blog - May 8, 2017 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Tags: Commentary Information British Renal Society chronic fatigue syndrome libel mecfs myalgic encephalomyelitis PACE trial vexatious Source Type: blogs

The “ Subjective ” – and really hearing
I’m not a physiotherapist. This means I don’t follow the SOAP format because it doesn’t suit me. The first letter is intended to represent “subjective” – and when I look up the dictionary meaning of subjective and compare it with the way “subjective” notes are thought about, I think we have a problem, Houston. Subjective is meant to mean “based on personal feelings” or more generally “what the person says”. In the case of our experience of pain, we only have our personal feelings to go on. That is, we can’t use an image or X-ray or fMRI or blood ...
Source: HealthSkills Weblog - May 7, 2017 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: adiemusfree Tags: Assessment Clinical reasoning Interdisciplinary teams Occupational therapy Physiotherapy Psychology biopsychosocial healthcare Pain pain management Therapeutic approaches treatment Source Type: blogs

Trial By Error, Continued: My Libelous Blogging on Virology Blog
by David Tuller During a recent talk at the annual conference of the British Renal Society, pediatrician and staunch PACE proponent Esther Crawley accused me of libeling her. I wasn’t at her presentation, but her slides were captured and tweeted. Dr. Crawley’s lecture recounted her heroic struggle against the dark forces of anti-science—presumably, those pesky ME/CFS advocates who challenge her work. One slide included a mention of “libellous blogs,” along with a screen shot of one of my Virology Blog posts. Hm. This libelous Virology Blog post—“Trial By Error, Continued: The New FITNET Trial for Kids”̵...
Source: virology blog - May 3, 2017 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Tags: Commentary Definitions British Renal Society chronic fatigue syndrome Esther Crawley libel mecfs myalgic encephalomyelitis PACE Source Type: blogs

Dialectical Behavior Therapy: For More Than Borderline Personality Disorder
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), developed by Marsha Linehan in the late 1980’s is a specific type of cognitive behavioral therapy that was originally developed to treat chronically suicidal individuals diagnosed with borderline personality disorder (BPD).  It is now considered the treatment of choice for individuals with characteristics associated with symptoms of BPD such as impulsivity, interpersonal problems, emotion dysregulation, self-harm, and chronic suicidal behaviors. Dialectical Behavioral Therapy is a type of cognitive therapy that focuses on the balance between acceptance and change. DBT works with indi...
Source: World of Psychology - April 30, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Lianna Tsangarides, LCSW Tags: Addiction Anxiety and Panic Borderline Personality Eating Disorders Psychology Psychotherapy Treatment Borderline Personality Disorder Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Dialectical Behavior Therapy Dialectical Behavioral Therapy emotion d Source Type: blogs

Depression: The Magic of Shrubbery
This article was shoddy journalism; the report bordered on wishful thinking.Anybody looking for a quick fix for their depression by hitting Home Depot’s garden department may be disappointed in the results. It’s not that greenery is a bad idea. If you find aromatic plants stress-relieving and uplifting, you may experience benefits to having those plants around you. If you can get out to the forests and mountains for a hike, the fresh air and abundant nature will do you good. Do it often enough, and you might be able to manage mild depression that way. However, a tree in and of itself isn’t going to lift y...
Source: The Splintered Mind by Douglas Cootey - April 20, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Depression Goodreads Source Type: blogs

Relationships: Can You Show Grace Under Fire?
The word, “grace” can mean charm, which is a nice quality to cultivate in ourselves. In a religious context, as in the song, “Amazing Grace,” it means unearned kindness. You may be the giver of this kind of grace or its receiver. Being kind to people you meet and date, even if you feel that their behavior doesn’t deserve it, is good for you, for them, and via a ripple effect, for the planet. I’m not saying to be a pushover. Kindness simply means treating others with the respect they deserve as human beings. We all have virtues and flaws, and when someone’s shortcomings seem to be screaming at us, it can help...
Source: World of Psychology - March 26, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Marcia Naomi Berger, MSW, LCSW Tags: Marriage and Divorce Motivation and Inspiration Relationships Self-Help Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Grace Intimacy intrapersonal communication Psychology Source Type: blogs

An open letter to Psychological Medicine, again!
In conclusion, noted Wilshire et al., “the claim that patients can recover as a result of CBT and GET is not justified by the data, and is highly misleading to clinicians and patients considering these treatments.” In short, the PACE trial had null results for recovery, according to the protocol definition selected by the authors themselves. Besides the inflated recovery results reported in Psychological Medicine, the study suffered from a host of other problems, including the following: *In a paradox, the revised recovery thresholds for physical function and fatigue–two of the four recovery measures–were so lax ...
Source: virology blog - March 23, 2017 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Tags: Commentary Information adaptive pacing therapy CFS chronic fatigue syndrome clinical trial cognitive behavior therapy Dave Tuller exercise graded exercise therapy mecfs myalgic encephalomyelitis outcome PACE trial recovery Source Type: blogs

An open letter to Psychological Medicine about “ recovery ” and the PACE trial
In conclusion, noted Wilshire et al., “the claim that patients can recover as a result of CBT and GET is not justified by the data, and is highly misleading to clinicians and patients considering these treatments.” In short, the PACE trial had null results for recovery, according to the protocol definition selected by the authors themselves. Besides the inflated recovery results reported in Psychological Medicine, the study suffered from a host of other problems, including the following: *In a paradox, the revised recovery thresholds for physical function and fatigue–two of the four recovery measures–were...
Source: virology blog - March 13, 2017 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Tags: Commentary Information adaptive pacing therapy CFS chronic fatigue syndrome clinical trial cognitive behavior therapy Dave Tuller exercise graded exercise therapy mecfs myalgic encephalomyelitis outcome PACE trial recovery Source Type: blogs

Don't Put Your Suicide Message in a Bottle
“Oh please, dear Lord, take me home.” ☜ Somebody posted this on Facebook last night. I had been reading this woman’s cries for help for weeks, but never spoke up because dozens upon dozens of people jumped into each post to give her love and encouragement. I didn’t believe that I could add anything that her peers hadn’t already expressed. Last night, however, this post bothered me. If you’ve read my blog, you know how I feel aboutdrive-by suicide notes. These types of posts are cathartic for the people who leave them, but they burden the folks who read them. They aren’t constructive and ...
Source: The Splintered Mind by Douglas Cootey - January 28, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Depression Goodreads Suicide Source Type: blogs

On the value of doing, being and becoming
An old occupational therapy tagline was “doing, being, becoming”. The meaning of this phrase is intended to point to the tight relationship between what we do, who we are, and how we develop and grow. As I read blogs discussing an increased emphasis on “real world” outcomes there is something missing from the narratives: that intangible quality that marks the difference between colouring in – and painting. Or filling in a form – and writing a poem. Going from room to room – and dancing. Something about expressing who we are and what we value. Values are things we hold dear. They ar...
Source: HealthSkills Weblog - January 15, 2017 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: adiemusfree Tags: Health Resilience Wellness biopsychosocial Clinical reasoning Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Motivation Therapeutic approaches values Source Type: blogs

Ten Important Signals to help reinvent Brain Health in the Digital Age & serve the needs of an Aging Population
—– Dear sharp reader, It’s been a busy year. To summarize where we are, and to better prepare for the opportunities and challenges in the year ahead, let’s step back for a minute. Let’s take a look at the big picture presented in the article Both Important and Urgent: Getting ready to serve the Cognitive & Brain Health needs of an Aging Population by an esteemed participant in the 2016 SharpBrains Virtual Summit held earlier this month: “The urgency to develop innovative new technologies that will support brain health is closely linked to the fact that a growing proportion of the global population...
Source: SharpBrains - December 21, 2016 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Alvaro Fernandez Tags: Cognitive Neuroscience Education & Lifelong Learning Health & Wellness aging Brain-health cognitive therapies cognitive-assessment digital age mind training neuroplasticity Neuropsychology Source Type: blogs

Why some clinical psychologists are ignoring official best practice guidelines
By Christian Jarrett In England there’s an independent health advisory body that provides guidelines to clinicians working in the NHS, to make sure that wherever patients are in the country, they receive the best possible evidence-backed care. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) was set up in 1999 and many of its guidelines pertain to mental health, and they often promote psychological approaches – for example, the guidelines for depression state that talking therapies should be the first-line of treatment for all but the most severely affected patients. While clinical and counselling psy...
Source: BPS RESEARCH DIGEST - December 13, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: BPS Research Digest Tags: Mental health Qualitative Therapy Source Type: blogs